Gieysztoria ornata (Hofsten, 1907)

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Synonyms: Dalyellia ornata Hofsten, 1907

Microdalyellia ornata Gieysztor, 1938

Locality. Temporary pools on Mount Kavul and Mount Shekhanya, Lower Galilee.

Material. Many individuals. Live observations, squash preparations, whole-mounted individual. Ecological features. Gieysztoria ornata dwells in temporary pools with dense vegetation and also in cold lakes in the northern regions of Europe (Luther, 1955). In Israel, G. ornata was found in pools without vegetation, some with filamentous algae (March 2000, January 2001, February–April 2002).

Gieysztoria ornata is known from Europe, Greenland and Brazil (Steinböck, 1932; Marcus, 1946; Luther, 1955; Gamo & Leal-Zanchet, 2004). G. ornata was reported from Israel for the first time by Eitam et al.